EXHIBITS 5.1 and 23.2

April 12, 2000


Board of Directors
Surgical Safety Products, Inc.
2018 Oak Terrace
Sarasota, FL 34231

Gentlemen:

At your request,  we have examined the Registration  Statement on Form S-8 to be
filed by you with the Securities  and Exchange  Commission on or about April 13,
2000, in connection with the  registration  under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended,  of  1,300,000  shares of your common  stock under the  Company's  1998
Revised  Employee  Stock Option Plan ("1998 Revised ESOP") and 129,000 shares of
your common stock under the Company's 1998 Revised  Consultant Stock Option Plan
("1998 Revised CSOP"),  $.001 par value (exclusive of any securities  associated
therewith, the "Stock") to be sold by you pursuant to the Company's 1998 Revised
ESOP and 1998 Revised CSOP.

As your counsel,  we have examined the proceedings  relating to and action taken
by you in connection with the adoption of the 1998 Revised ESOP and 1998 Revised
CSOP.

It is our  opinion  that the  1,300,000  shares of your  common  stock under the
Company's  1998 Revised  ESOP and 129,000  shares of your common stock under the
Company's 1998 Revised CSOP that may be issued and sold by the Company  pursuant
to each such plan, when issued and sold in the manner provide in such plan, will
be validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable.

We  consent  to the  use of  this  opinion  as an  exhibit  to the  Registration
Statement  and  further  consent  to all  references  to us in the  Registration
Statement and any  amendments  thereto.  In providing  this  consent,  we do not
thereby  admit that we are  within the  category  of  persons  whose  consent is
required  under  Section  7 of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  or the  rules  and
regulations of the Commission thereunder.


Very truly yours,


/s/ Mintmire & Associates
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MINTMIRE & ASSOCIATES